Is Coachella 2020 Being Postponed As a result of Coronavirus Considerations?

Goldenvoice is reportedly working to postpone each weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant 2020 amid issues concerning the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), sources inform Pitchfork. The competition is presently scheduled to happen in Indio, California from April 10-12 and April 17-19. Brokers are being contacted about having artists carry out on the weekends of October 9-11 and 16-18, in accordance with stories from Billboard and Variety.

Coachella has taken place in April yearly since 2001. The inaugural competition passed off in October 1999. (There was no Coachella in 2000.) Goldenvoice’s 2016 traditional rock competition Desert Journey additionally passed off in October. Stagecoach Pageant—Goldenvoice’s nation competition scheduled for the weekend of April 24—can be reportedly eyeing a transfer to October, Billboard stories.

No official announcement has been made. Pitchfork has reached out to Goldenvoice for remark.

Coronavirus issues have led to the cancellation of a number of large-scale music occasions up to now this 12 months. On March 6, SXSW 2020 was canceled. Final month, BTS and Inexperienced Day had been among the many artists to cancel or postpone dates in Asia. Each Extremely Music Pageant in Miami and EDM competition TomorrowLand in France have canceled over…